Livli - correct pronounciation?

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seashellgreen81 · 15/07/2014 23:11

Hi, I just found this name on a website of Sami names. Does anyone know the correct pronounciation? Thanks.

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ChoooChooo · 16/07/2014 12:10

No idea but I would think Live-Lee. It looks nice but if it's not pn like that you will be forever correcting people.

WowserBowser · 16/07/2014 12:56

It sounds a bit like how Dick Van Dyke would say 'lovely'

Lucked · 16/07/2014 13:00

It sounds a bit like how Dick Van Dyke would say 'lovely'

^^ this I am afraid

Unexpected · 16/07/2014 13:07

If you don't know how to pronounce it, it's a fair bet to say that many other people won't either so you need to be ok with your child going through life with their name being mis-pronounced - or people who see it written down not knowing if it is male or female? Is it a boy or girl name?

florascotia · 16/07/2014 16:29

You could post a query here:
www.nordicnames.de/forum/viewforum.php?f=4&sid=289461c38aa0d37a373f53f008f9ab1a

Or contact the Sami Parliament (which has cultural functions):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sami_Parliament_of_Sweden

Like many minority languages, Sami languages can be politically sensitive. Some people might perhaps think you'd be making a political statement by using a Sami name. Fine if that's what you intend, of course, or if it has some special association for you/your family.

So far as I know (I might be wrong), it's the Sami version of Lydia.

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